NINE pupils at a Nuneaton's Etone College have had their GCSE grades increased after teachers asked for papers to be re-marked.

Staff at Etone College asked for nine GCSE English literature exams and six GCSE maths exams to be re-marked by exam board AQA.

Six of the English literature papers were regraded from a D to a C. Three of the maths papers were also regraded D to C.

The school, in Tavistock Way, Nuneaton, paid up to £33 for each re-mark.

Head Colin Turner said: “We looked at students who were close to the grade boundary and the exam board was increasing the results by between 10 and 12 marks. It exposes the inadequacy of the marking.

“I don’t normally agree with (education secretary) Michael Gove about reforms but I do agree that we shouldn’t have competing exam boards. And I fully support the decision by some schools and councils to ask for a judicial review.”

It comes in the wake of national fury over this summer’s GCSE grades in English and maths.

Pupils around the country on course for a C in English and maths were given a D grade instead. Those who sat exams with boards AQA and Edexcel were most affected.

A report about the situation by Coventry-based exams watchdog Ofqual concluded that grades in January exams were too high rather than grades in the June exams too low.

Ofqual bosses said they would not be changing either the June or January grade boundaries.

Myton School in Warwick and Coventry City Council are among schools, councils and teaching unions pushing for a judicial review of the decision.

Bosses at Warwickshire County Council are not calling for a review but will be writing to ministers.

A county council spokesman said: “We have surveyed our schools and a number of schools have expressed concern that the raising of grade boundaries particularly in English has impacted adversely on the results of a number of young people in Warwickshire.”